Slavery in Akaria

History of Slavery

Pre-Akarinian Confederation

The drikes of the Karin Plain would often take slaves as spoils of war. Members of a drike could be sold into slavery by the leader of a drike to another drike as a means of conflict resolution.

Akarinian Confederation

At its formation the Akarinian Confederation contained many slaves, the majority of which were Andu who had been captured during the war Kadar fought against the Andu Kur. Karinians slaves were also present in the confederation, though some Mirroi ossbosches preached against the concept as Mirroi beleif of the time could be interpreted as anti-slavery. None were opposed to the enslavement of the Andu. At the end of Goghon's War, on 8-1, 1419 TT, Living King, Sayaph Lakar issued his 7th Dictate which ordered a continuous series of population transfers of Karinians to Akaria and Andu to the Andu Kur this included all Andu slaves. The majority of the Kadrike leaders saw this as a necessary sacrifice to free their Karinian kin from the Andu.

In 1328 TT, the 2nd Bakoro was released, codifying the views of the Mirroites, including those that opposed the enslavement of Karinians.

Living King, Matart Kakay issued his 51st Dictate on 1-7 1198 TT as part of the reforms leading to the Kingdom of Akaria. The dictate banned the enslavement of Karinians and Weer.

Kingdom of Akaria

The Kingdom of Akaria destroyed the Andu Kur on 27-2 1105 TT and took control of the nation's land. Living King, Garikoph Perat left the land in control of the newly created Warden of the Andu, Umanay Deram. In an attempt to convert the Andu to Mirroi Umanay wrote the Andu Bakoro which reinterpreted Andu beliefs and traditions through a Mirroite lens and explicitly forbade slavery. Umanay became Living King in 1103 and issued his 1st Dictate recognising the Andu Bakoro as equal to the mainstream Bakoro (later known as the Karinian Bakoro). In 1093 TT Bonoi Deram became Warden of the Andu and adopted a zero-tolerance policy against non-converted Andu and began using non-converted Andu as slave labourers in parts of the Andu lands. Bonoi became Living King in 1078 TT and during his reign, the Living Press continued to produce large amounts of anti-Andu propaganda. On 9-6, 1061 TT Bonoi issued his 22nd Dictate nullifying Umanay's 1st Dictate.

On 13-8 454 TT a deal was struck between Living King, Klaichandoi Lakar and the Deram –who by this point had left the Karin Plain and moved into the Thessda Range– resulting in five living dictates being issued. The 5th of these established a trade deal in which Deram-mined minerals were to be traded to the Weer for Weer-made weapons. Before this point, the Deram enslaved the Andu on a small scale or on a large scale for a small period for large projects. To mine enough minerals to meet Akarian demands the Deram began the systematic enslavement of male Andu, who were shipped out to mines throughout the Thessda Range, both in the Deram Kadrike and the Andu Lands. Several Living Dictates later justified this enslavement.

The Dakota Mine in the Deram Kadrike collapsed on, 17-2 8 PC. The control of the ruins of the mine was later given to the Oken. The Dakota Mine, reopened on 7-3 10 PC now owned and run by the Oken, using hired Karinians for labour instead of enslaved Andu. By this point, practitioners of Karinian Mirroi generally believed that Karinians were not supposed to be used to mine with that job being reserved for the enslaved Andu. On 6-1 16 PC, the Deram purchased modern mining equipment from Niueyjar with the intent of phasing out slave labour in the Deram Kadrike and replacing it with paid labour using modern industrialised mining techniques. Leader of the Arkara, Artak Arkara reacted to this on 13-1 16 PC by ordering the Arkara Army to move against the Deram, starting what would become the Akarian Civil War.

Outside of the island of Akaria

On 24-8 21 PC the Karinian Star reported that Trikot Perat began using Sarkists as slaves on Paradise Island following the capture of the island.